Author(s):
grandville (nancy, 15–09–1803 - vanves, 17–03–1847), designer
attributed to julien, bernard-romain (bayonne, 16–11–1802 - bayonne, 03–12–1871), designer-lithographer
becquet (printing) (28–02–1796), printer
aubert (printer, lithographer, editor), editor
other title: the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature (title of the whole)
production date: in 1832
type(s) of object(s): manuscripts, printed matter, binding
name(s): periodical illustration
materials and techniques: lithography
dimensions - artwork:
height: 27cm
width: 35. 6cm
dimensions - picture:
height: 22cm
width: 28. 8cm
description:
ht plate published in the moral, religious, literary and scenic caricature, volume 4, august 16, 1832 (plate no. 191)
marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription - title bottom center: “nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; // better would be a wise enemy. »; legend lower right: “(the bear and the garden lover. Lafontaine. )”; indications, top to left: “la caricature (journal) // (n°93)”, top to right: “pl. 191. ”
inscription - in the letter: “l. De becquet, rue childebert n°9” [printer], “we subscribe to aubert galerie véro dodat” [publisher]; in the image, bottom left, signature: “grandville and julien” [jean-jacques grandville, designer, and bernard-romain julien, lithographer?]
inscription - on the stone held by the bear: "trial", "seizures"; on the wings of the big fly: “caricature”, “journal”; on the bundles of paper on which the king fell asleep: “protocol 7”, “protocol 9999”
iconographic description:
observations: cf. Explanation of pl. P. 742 and the article “twenty-first seizure” p. 739. Parody of la fontaine's fable "the bear and the gardener", in which a bear knocks out a sleeping old man with a stone when he simply wanted to kill a fly. The pl. Denounces the considerable repressive means deployed by the government (seizures, trials) against certain pl. (in this case, it is pl. 187 of number 92 of la caricature). Here, in a garden, in the right foreground, the bear embodies the zangiacomi warrant which allowed the seizure of several issues of la caricature. At arm's length, he holds a stone in the air, which he is about to throw at the fly embodying the newspaper la caricature, placed on a man sleeping on the ground, king louis-philippe. The latter is recognizable by his hairstyle (toupee), the umbrella and the hat with a tricolor cockade arranged to the right of the composition. The pl. Attempts to explain that the seizures of pl. Of la caricature ultimately play against the king, since they tend to publicize it, to popularize motifs invented by the newspaper which would have gone almost unnoticed otherwise. The explanation recalls the popular success encountered by the pears drawn by philipon during a session of his trial. Thus, the seizures are considered irresponsible since they contribute to destroying the image of the king of the french, much more than the caricature image itself. Person / character represented:
louis-philippe i, king of the french
mode of acquisition: retrospective registration
date of acquisition: 20–02–2013
institution: maison de balzac. Date: En 1832.
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